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@uiten ftsfrggteut GEORGE yT@LinnGER, or 'W-RIGHTSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA. i'

Lettere Patent No. 65,965, dated une 18, I

To ALL WHOM rr MAY oo iroERN: i.

Be it knovrn that I, GEORGE .'luLLINGuR, of \'trghtsdale,..in the v'county of Lancaster, in the State of Penn'. sylvana, haveinvented certa-in new and useful improvements in Sorghum-Strippers; `and the following is'a'full,

clear, and exact description of the same,lret`erexfcre -heiug'had to the uc'coinpanyiawlaL drawings, making-a part of thislspeciiication, Ain which#- Figurelrepresents a perspective viervof the stripping' mechanism. 'FigureQ shows a top or end view of the working parts, with theririg-plateA indotted red lines. The .object of; my invention is to prepare thel stalks o'frsorghum for crushing by divest'ing them of all outside matter; and my invention consists in supporting four or morescrapers against a. buse ring or 4plate oi' metall with a round hole through it of sufficient.. dimensions 'toadmit of the largest canes to pass through,`the scraper edges ,being so formed that each scraper will bear on considerable portion of'the canes; vthe Scrapers being also secured to springer yielding supports, so that they will conform to the Vtapervof'l the canes, pressing nearly.

equal-ly alike on all their sides from the tip `to the butt-ends.

Toenable others to make and use-my invention, I will describe it more fully, referring to the dran'ings and i to the letters marked thereon'.

, ,To a. board or plank, A, of hard wood, with a round hole, B, cu't'thi'ough it; near oneend, I supporta metal4 ring or plate, C, on Vtwo or more ironl braces, D D` They may be ofany desired lengt-h, so as'rto give a sufficient distance for thescraper-holdcrs d rl d dito yield, so'that-thescrapers a a a a `willconcer]traten the stalk l or cane of sorghum, and press the surface from the tip to the hutt'sufiiciently hard to stripgit of all' extraneous matter;l the scraper-bl`ades` a aa. a being made of steel,'.v\ith curves c c c c large enought'or tlie circle of the largest canes when the central opening bis expanded to its fullestv capacity, and when contracted the opening b is'small enough lto scrape the tips of, the canes, the scraper. blades a a a a lieinfor secured tio the spring-braces orholde'rs d d d d at .nearly right angles,iso that they` .are supported and rest on the ring-plate, C, and are capable f enduring ahy strain that may be required in stripping sorghum or sugar-cane, the spring'scrapebholders d d d d being secured to the plank A, thus making a very cheap, suhstantial,.and durable 'mn-chine for the Purpose. y V l y Itis well known to Lthose who have beeny engaged in growing sorghum that the quality of the sirup and "sugar lnuchdependsonthe preparing of the cane for crushing, .and when they ur`e`clean stripped lthe whole operation is performed in a much nicer and a'moremeeonomical nie-nner.v

Having thus fully described myjin-ventiomwhat I claim .asne\v, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The construction and arrangementiof the ring-plate Gand l'n'acesD D, supporting the scraper-bladesa d a which are tsecured to the yielding spring-braces-d cl l d, the whole being attached to the b'oardor plank A, allv inflcomhination, operating substantially in the manner herein desorihedffor the purposes set forth.

GEORGE JOLLIIFIGEJELl Witnesses: i

A. Snow,v

J. L. BALLANGE, 

